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New Years Marathons
So for those of us who don't go "Out" for holidays and prefer sitting on
our asses, the extended TV theme Marathon is something of a tradition. Besides obvious choices
like watching all the Star Wars movies, what sorts of marathon
tv endurance tests are people planning? Buffy, Angel, Twin Peaks,
Iron Chef? What are you
gonna do?
I'll be watching every episode of the classic 'The Prisoner'
godzilla ll day yesterday, and twilight zone all day today.
nothing else on, as far as i'm concerned.
- Entertaining Bits from the Ancient Kernel Tree
Baywatch is all day on TNN January 1st.
I just hope to GOD that there isn't a Trading Spaces marathon, or I may have to get a divorce.
971 songs loaded in the iPod, iPod plugged into the stereo, iPod set to 'random' play.
Hot tub is hot, crank up the volume, break out the booze, unwrap the fireworks. 15 or so good friends show up & suddenly it's a party!
Let's just say some vodka, orange juice, Team Fortress Classic, and rcon rights on some of my favorite servers may make for some interesting gameplay come 11:30 or so...
Oh, and just to save the trolls some time:
- Yes, I am aware that makes me the biggest loser of all time.
- No, I don't really care, either.
Party, Party, Party!!!
You know what marathon I want to see? A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Marathon. Now that's what I'm talking about.
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Take comfort in your ignorance.
Grandmaster Plague
Just got the Sopranos, seasons 1 & 2 on DVD for Christmas.... :)
Got Cowboy Bebop (all 26 episodes) too. Decisions, decisions..
Thanks to my new Replay4K, I'll be watching a Marathon of all the Next Generation episodes I've been recording off of TNN.
Commercial Advance Rules!
There's an Iron Chef Marathon?!?!
:-)
W00T!... gotta program my TiVo!
Iron chef, vodka, friends, and a scolding hot wok means great times at my place
Someone's gonna be melted before 2002!
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
If there's any justice, I'll be sitting on my fat ass watching Capt. Kirk shirt-rip his way to glory.
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This could make a good
That all the marathons that are on TV didn't suck. There's only a few things on TV worth watching: the Simpsons, South Park, and Saturday Night Live.
AFAIK, there are no Jan 1st Marathons for these shows.
Seriously, who's going to watch 24 hours of Eastwood for God's sake?
We dance to all the wrong songs.
--Refused.
Assuming sets 3 & 4 of the DVDs show up in time (and according to UPS it sounds good).
Horrible acting, awful plots, kick-ass space ship models and explosions. What more do you need?
A couple buddies and I expect to bring my DemiGod Assassin character out of retirement for a major throwdown against the cast and crew of Lord of the Rings. Should be a blast. The whole premise of the campaign is that Nekrull, my character, is going to visit Middle Earth from his home in the Forgotten Realms, and steal the ring or win it somehow. Could be interesting... especially with all the beer that is to be consumed in the process. If he succeeds, the ring will leave Middle Earth. If he fails, he will die permanently, never to be played again (until the next stoopid D&D idea comes along).
Jupiter will be very visible tonight with the naked eye. After dark, look just east of the moon for an unusually bright star. Doesnt matter what part of the world you're in, best viewing would be midnight +/- 1 hour in your local time zone.
. jupiter.ap/index.html
/. last night, got rejected (naturally).
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I wish. Hopefully they'll release the box set in 2002. See http://sctvguide.ca/
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I'm going to sit on the front lawn with a flashlight picking my nose and watching the grass grow.
I'll be looking forward to a full day off Miss Yvonne flashing her petis to Captain Carl.
And, I'll be looking for some wisdom from Gombie... Meka Leka Hi, Meka Hiny ho....
Meka Leka Chi, Meka Chiny ho...
And, there's the word of the day. In my house, we'll be yelling really loud.
Here's a trivia question. What word of the day on the show was the only time you were supposed to scream really, really loud (not just real loud).
Monty Python several friends and (subject to local legality) a keg-o-beer.
1st headhunter then shenmue 2 and finally on to the other games I got for xmas, power stone and unreal torny. plus RTCW and sheep(!?) on the PC.
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FoodTV has a Unwrap marathon. Candies, drinks, ice cream and other sweet stuff. Not quite as cool as gozilla marathon, but it's an option when you get bored with gozilla.
Since I got TiVo (What? You *don't* have a PVR yet? TiVo, ReplayTV, home built...), marathons just fill up the hard disk a little faster, but I guess I miss out on the 18-hours-on-the-couch feeling :).
And the first marathon I've watched was the Thanksgiving Junkyard Wars special (with the aid of TiVo - took me all weekend to get through all the episodes).
if you have a satellite or digital cable, ya gotta watch the world rally championship racing series on speedvision, i am pretty sure its the whole season from start to finish.
i can't wait!!!
I know that Sci-Fi has the Twilight Zone marathon going again this year. I'll probably get out of the office in time to catch the one about dolls in a trash can- I've seen it like 4 times already. =P
Food Network is doing a marathon tomorrow of the show 'Unwrapped'- it's an excellent look into the history and making of all sorts of foods and candies and what not. Plus it's hosted by Mark 'Double Dare' Sommers.
History Channel is running 'In Search Of...' through 8pm tonight. And if it's your thing, A&E is running Magnum PI through 8pm, followed by a Law & Order marathon.
I'm sure there's more than that; I just looked quickly at today's tv listings.
Would be to read all available Slashdot article from the beginning at -1!
;)
Personaly I'm hunkering down with a fifth of Southern Comfort and my 10 new DVDs in between all the bowl games. With all the finest meats and cheeses from Hickory Farms!
I guess I should call work and tell them I'll be back next week when I recover
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
...means that every day is sci-fi marathon day!
party tonight with friends. much anime will be watched, and many people will have their skulls bashed in during a drunken four way smash brothers melee brawl!
:)
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im going to propose we marathon an anime series, but as to which one it will be, who knows?
with any luck, itll be pingpong club.. that shit is insane
when it comes to tv marathons. ill prolly hit up the iron chef one.. but the comic shop has a 30% off sale on the 1st, and theyve got simpsons figurines that ive been eyeballing
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I'm planning on watching the Alias Marathon, that is if I can remember which channel it is on. They are doing all the episodes and I'm definately going to TiVo them.
Do you Gentoo!?
I may not be going "out", but I'm still going to drink for 6 or 7 hours and get completely trashed with my friends. Now this may seem immature and silly, but it's sometimes good to get that out of your system once in a while and what better night than New Years Eve!
... Joe Joe .... yeah, Joey Joe Joe. He lives in Niagra Falls. ;)
Seriously though, some of us are just coming of horrendous exam schedules and need a good winding down before the next semester starts.
... and yes, I DO need alcohol for this. That's what it's in existence for. Well, winding down and getting nerds laid. LOL. Ok, some nerds. On occasion. Ok, rare occasion. Who? Oh, you know, my friend Joey
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY DRUNKEN NEW YEARS EVE!
----- rL
A porn marathon! I never thought I could justify it. Yeah, mod me down, but you're glad you saw the idea posted.
...I'm planning a marathon viewing of the classic "Dark Screen."
Leave the TV off for a day! How's that for a resolution? (And no, don't replace it with 24 hours of Slashdot.)
Start a journal! Read a book! Volunteer! Pray for peace! Do something that you can feel good about. Trust me, a full day of Gilligan's Island won't do it.
...but next year, it is to hell with TV and party in the Nu Year at Quark's bar on the Promenade at the Los Vegas Hilton!
WSBK-TV, UPN-38 in Boston is hosting its yearly Three-Stooges Marathon from 10 PM to 2 AM EST. WSBK can also be picked up through a few satellite TV.
It used to be a staple for my wife and her friend to eat Chinese food and watch the Stooges before we got married.
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
Because "Suicide is Painless..."
Fuck Ajit Pai
Hehehe...
I've got a little over 400 hours of stuff I've downloaded off of usenet in Mpeg, ASF, or DivX format. Plug it into the good ol' TV out card, and let play.
Assuming that I can tear my wife's ass away from what ever huggy-feely design crap they're showing on HGTV, I'll be watching the entirety of Noir, Sadamitsu the Destroyer, and Inu Yasha. (There are currently about 50 episodes od IY that have been subbed... so at 24 minutes a piece I may not finish, even if I skip sleeping)
The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and slashdot the links early!
Woo hoo! Star Trek the Next Generation all the way. Not only is it the best Trek of all time, I'd argue that its one of the best sci fi series of all time, and also the most famous! Ya gotta love em!
I find that most often I end up learning from necessity, rather than for enjoyment.
Boom!
Sit... Speak.... Shake.... Good Dog!
BTW, it wouldn't be a holiday if I didn't wake up with a headache.
They have the Internet on computers now?
Every year, TV38 in Boston has had a long standing tradition of running 3 stooges marathons on NYE.
:(
Too bad my cable company dropped the channel a few weeks back
In this house I have a choice of watching Speedvision's FIA World Rally marathon, or keeping the peace and letting my pregnant GF watch TLC's Labor & Delivery/Maternity Ward marathon.
Oh well, at least today there appears to be a Magnum, PI marathon on A&E which is something we can both agree on. Now there's one of the coolest shows ever.
In an unusual outbreak of reasonableness, the UK government is allowing all pubs to stay open from 11am on 31st until 11pm on the 1st. That's 36 hours of pub opening. You might need a couple of gramms of speed to get through it, but it is a challenge.
"Under the iron bridge, we fist" - The Smiths, Still Ill
I ordered the complete set (6 DVDs) of bounty hunter anime "Cowboy Bebop". Should be here any moment. :)
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Same thing I do on weekends...play with and care for kids, keep the house somewhat de-filthed. That my friends is a marathon with no end! I have a life, lame tho it may be, and don't have time or patience for an extended TV marathon. Those who do, enjoy.
Tonight I'm going to be setting off nearly a hundred dollars worth of overpriced fireworks. They may be overpriced, but I consider having fireworks on New Year's Eve and the 4th of July to be just as essential a need as food and shelter. A New Year's Eve without the smell of gun powder in the air is something that I shudder to even contemplate.
My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.
Cowboyneal!
Slackware forever. Honestly, what else would you trust when it absolutely positively has to be stable, secure, and easy
I am going to go sit around at my cabin, and read Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, because my tight parents wont let me go and party in a hotel room with my friends.
This is truely the best time of the year. Five games (Humanitarian, Sun, Silicon Valley Classic, Liberty, and Peach) on today, and eight more in the coming few days.
Happy 2002 from Tokyo. I must say, for each passing year the New Year's countdown gets more boring, and this year didn't fail to disappoint (er, it was as boring as you could stand). Can't believe it's already over an hour into the new year.
I'm spending the evening watching Discovery Channel. (^_^)
I Will NEVER get to see any of those marathons ;o(( I am in New Orleans so I am forced to be out and look at boobs on Bourbon St.. BUT if I lived in say Minessota I would probably forget about TV and play Age of Empires online with other fellow nerds... Hmm thinking about it I need to move out so I can feel good about playing games on New Yr eve...
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Three months ago, we had a large, multi-channel
"let's see planes crashing into buildings" marathon and people jumping to their deaths" marathon.
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For the last two months, we've had a large multi-channel "All things violent in Afghanistan" marathon."
Frankly, I'm all marathoned out.For those who get TCM on their cable/satellite lineup, all 13 Marx Brothers movies are being aired today, starting at 9:30am Eastern time. Which means they are partway into "A Night In Casablanca" as we speak... but anyway, go here for today's schedule.
- Mike
I'll be watching my collection of classic Akira Kurosawa films: Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low...and yes, The Magnificent Seven. While technically not a Kurosawa film, it is based on the Seven Samurai story, and come on, who can resist Charles Bronson and Yul Brenner kicking Mexican ass?
Macs as a fetish property
hey now c'mon theres plenty of stuff to do in lawrence, i'll be at the replay or the tap room. plus lots of females to be had at the after parties later.
I believe i'll be going to the SuperBowl with the Patriots in NFL Fever 2002. Apparently the XBox can do something Robert Craft hasn't been able to do in over a decade.
Yes, my girlfriend is a BitchX
Nobody's watching college football? Sheesh! OK, so it's kind of a mini-marathon, but still...
If a Simpsons or Futurama marathon existed, I would watch it...wait a sec, I do have about 2.5 seasons of Futurama on tape
Fun, wot?
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Call it a marathon if you will, the Christmas Island marathon.
You just need to get in shape(and stay in shape), and dont talk to the girls about Linux and other /. related stuff.
And be confident, girls can sence a guy trying/wanting to hit on her(but dont really have the guts for it)a mile away.
Weed and shrooms, Futurama 1st and 2nd season in a row, some firecrackers at midnight and extreme hardcore powerchilling (tm) .
Happy new year! (Who makes the FP in 2002?)
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Please PLEASE PLEASE, dont sit on you asses and watch TV on newyears. That just too sad, way way way to sad. Please people, go out. Get drunk have fun , get laid even..
Running...
Bikinis...
Running...
This is the work of pure genius.
~ now you know
behind the music
it's on all day today on VH1, and all day yesterday... and the day before...
I'm going to sit around all day and play counter-strike.
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I might do a Douglas Adams marathon tonight. Have you read a good book lately?
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There is no hatred more pure and true than that expressed by children.
Kill your TV.
There are 4 seasons out on DVD already so you can have an X-Files marathon no problem. It'll only last about 173 days though so you should find something else to watch the 2nd half of the year. Hopefully season 5 will be out by then anyhow... :)
Give up your computer for new year's! That's what I'm doing! (But I can still use the one at work for the slashdrug)
I was given the complete Monty Python series collection on DVD. What food would y'all recommend for the session? Coconuts?
"If you are on fire you can just stop, drop, and roll. If you fall into Lava you are just dead." - my 5yr old daughter
I, unfortunately, will be travelling most of today and tomorrow, so I won't get to see the Twilight Zone marathon on Sci Fi. So all of you need to watch it in honor of me.
What's cool is that instead of doing it strictly in order by episode, they're putting the "classics" on in prime time. Here are the lineups for both nights:
The prime-time lineup: Monday, 8 p.m., "Will the Real Martians Please Stand Up?"; 8:33, "To Serve Man"; 9:05, "The Dummy"; 9:36, "Eye of the Beholder"; 10:09, "The Howling Man."
Tuesday, 8 p.m., "A Penny for Your Thoughts"; 8:33, "The Masks"; 9:06, "The Hitch-Hiker"; 9:37, "It's a Good Life"; 10:09, "The Midnight Sun."
Trivia: Two of the above-mentioned episodes were turned into Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segments - which ones? (Could be more than two, actually, but I know of two for sure.)
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Going to meet up with friends and play network unreal tournament and wolfenstein while drinking beer & vodka. All as a scientific experiment to see how alcohol affects our ability to shoot things.
Sig is taking a break!
Yahoo has good TV listings. Amazing what they will marathon on New Years' Day:
ESPN: World's Strongest Man competition
TLC: Seeing is Believing
Comedy Channel: Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
A&E: Magnum PI until 8 p.m., then Law & Order until 4 a.m.
Animal Channel: The Crocodile Hunter (starting at 5 p.m.)
Sci-Fi Channel: The Twilight Zone
History Channel: History's Lost & Found
Since my ex has our son this New Years', and my other of unknown significance left town yesterday, I'll be at home on my a** looking for a good TV marathon.
Alias would be a good one (since I missed most of the episodes), and so would Trading Spaces. I've already had Buffy DVD marathon, so no luck there. Failing these, I'll probably be continuing on the kitchen work that I've been procrastinating on -- touching-up, sanding, and priming drywall, then painting. Whoop-de-doo!
In So.Cal the tradition is to watch Twilight Zone Marathon. The one that I wait for every year is the one with Burgess Merideth who plays a man who loves to read but his wife and boss keep crossing all the words out of his books so he goes into the bank vault where he works and curls up with his newspaper when...BANG! An atomic Bomb goes off killing everyone but him! He finds the library and stacks up all of his books for each month and he couldn't be happier. Just then he trips and falls and breaks his coke-bottle glasses which he needs dearly to read. :)
Happy New Year!
"I think you know what I'm talkin' about, Mr. President; We're gonna kill us a mummy!" - Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley
I'm going to stay at my console and get pissed while making a fool of myself on IRC. It's sad, but true :)
Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. -- Hunter S. Thompson
I'm doing a marathon viewing of the BBC series I, Claudius. Great performance throughout by Derek Jacobi, and I love Patrick Stewart's little wig.
It's not Mrs. Dew's favorite thing, but she tolerates "Clavdivs" once a year. See also this fact or fiction site.
Personally, I am going to leave the house, (gasp) go to a bar and get drunk with some friends. You see, I've learned something that the replies to this article would indicate that many here haven't... That hiding yourself from the rest of society (like staying home on New Years Eve) does far more to brand you as a geek than being seen out in your plastic-framed glasses talking about the latest kernal release. Life isn't high school; the cool guys won't pick on you anymore... Now they just ignore you which is fine by me.
Too late, it's after midnight here....
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I for one will sleep because I work 3rd shift and could not get New Years (eve or day) off, so I'll be sleeping all day.
Business as usual for the NOC crew.
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I think for most of the day I'm going to keep the fire going, the kids from killing themselves or each other(ages 4 & 1), and alternate between frying some critters on Wizardry 8, and working on my stop-motion animation.
/. poll on resolutions. Since I'll be working full time and carrying 12 credits at the local university, my resolution is to survive the comming term.
And despite the cold(?) that I've had for the past week, I'm going to open and finish the 2.3 ft tall gygo-economy-size bottle of Heineken that a buddy of mine gave me for Solstice.
If the Oregon skies are willing, (doesn't look like it at present) I'll slosh out into the backyard with my wife and her telescope and try to catch a look at Jupiter. (Thank you jeffy124 for the idea.)
Skies willing or not, I'll eventually settle down for a slow comfortable screw, then off to bed...er to sleep.
Supreised there wasn't a
Happy New Year folks!
Peace!
L2
"That's no moon"... Obi-Wan Kenobi
Since WPIX (well, now it's the WB) no longer does its Twilight Zone marathon... going out and renting a bunch of episodes myself and letting the twisted images soak into, what by tonight will be, my wine and champange (sp?) clouded mind ;-)
Happy new year all!
-Z
The Prisoner (Score:2, Informative)
Now that's ironic!
At least looking through the TV program, it appears ;)
every station is offering an ad marathon only.
I'll run a vim+make+gcc marathon instead...
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well, "To Serve Man" obviously
I can't think of any others off the top of my head - I mean, there was the one where Bart had the "power" and turned Homer into a jack-in-the-box but I can't remember which Twilight Zone episode that was taken from.
Nothin' like ringin' in the new year with this here little fella. Look at that, e's a beaut! ----- Y'all have a safe one. I don't wanna read about anything a /.'er did on the Weird News... :-)
A decade later, and I'll be out with some friends getting rather drunk. However, if I had to pick one, it would be the Twin Peaks DVD box that just came out! Unfortunately, thanks to the morons at Warner Brothers, the 2 hour premiere is not ever going to be available for sale on eny medium. Thanks goodness I taped it off Bravo when I had the chance.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Worms 2 was the favourite at the time, but was causing hassle on one machine. I mentioned that I'd heard of this, and a DirectX patch was supposed to be the answer.
At 11:5x pm GMT (forget the exact minute, but I remember it was less than ten to go before New Year), my friend goes on-line to start downloading this patch. He comments that he's getting good transfer rates on his modem.
"Yes", I reply. "That's because there's only you in the entire world logging on to Microsoft's site just before midnight at New Year!".Hmm....
Cheers,Ian
And I'll be ringing in the new year redneck style! (Yes, I'm a redneck computer geek)
Of course, safety first... I'll have nothing but blanks to fire. What goes up must come down, ya know.
Gonna watch it from start to finish, something I've never done before. Never managed to see the whole thing yet...
has a nice boxed set of DVDs out. It's got every episode of Flying Circus ever. EVER. We wont be watching it marathon style on New Years, or maybe ever. But it's good to have.
The GeekNights podcast is going strong. Listen!
to have a Star Wars marathon, but unfortunately my wife hates Star Wars :(
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Buffy, Angel, Twin Peaks, Iron Chef? What are you gonna do?
My choice is: CowboyNeal.
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
I will be watching From The Earth to the Moon box set on DVD. Its been awhile.
Did both seasons of The Sopranos.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
UKTV in Australia are running a marathon of Red Dwarf. I imagine all the Foxtel-equipped geeks would be watching that.
... I'm having a sleep marathon.
Me
But nice try, number 2767615.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Watch The Producers, and when you have to be away from the tube in the kitchen, put 2000 year old man on the kitchen CD player.
Spaceballs is not as funny as some of the other stuff, but you need to see it anyway.
For Canadian residents, Space: The Imagination Station is running the ''Frank Herbert's Dune" miniseries on New Year's Day, starting at 1pm Eastern Time (10am Pacific).
- W. Blaine Dowler
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I've got the TiVo cocked, locked, and ready to rock for the 2001 World Rally Championship season on Speedvision.
Guess I better enjoy it now - Next year will probably be a Nascar talk show marathon.
Drinking?
no, no, no.
Tonight is the time for the dank load to burn a jade light all night, evaporating the impure thoughts like a green wave of universal mojo.
We will partake, my friends, on the alter of herbage.
Heaven sent, evermore.
We will look upon the Northern Lights with awe and premonition. We will smack 'em like they want it. The girls get down, the boys burn fast, and America, sweet America, drips with the highest nectar of the highest gods, there, high above the mortal plane.
And lastly, we will all be funny and get laid.
And you others go for alcohol. Tsk.
Every year, since it came out on VHS & now DVD, I watch Strange Days. It's flashy, dramatic, has a good score, has good acting, nice sf story, and is a new years eve story.
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Gaming all the way! Who the hell needs TV when I've got Final Fantasy X?
What channel has the Buffy marathon? FX is just showing Welcome to the Hellmouth Pt I Tuesday afternoon/evening, and skipping part II. Part of their first episode day. Doesn't count as a marathon in my book. The second episode for Tues. according the the fx site is the Harvest Pt II.
Or did someone get the season 1 dvd early?
What channel is showing a Twin Peaks marathon? This is very fortuitous timing, because I just bought a Twin Peaks DVD boxed set that is supposed to be the whole first season, but which omits the pilot! Can you believe that crap?
"Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure." --Robert LeFevre
I used the weekend to watch all my babylon 5 tapes in sequence. Drink soda and eat sandwiches...
I don't see any Iron Chef in my TV guide until January 4. What network/channel would this be on? Not FoodTV...
Because hopefully the companies will start hiring again once they get their new budgets in January, and maybe I'll be able to find a job that sucks my left nut a little less than my current one. Though hitting monster.com, setting the search to all states and entering '"Doesn't Suck"' as a search phrase doesn't return any hits, which is too bad because that's exactly what I was looking for in a job. (Try "Hunter-killer robots" sometime too. The results are enlightening.)
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
While you all are fattening yourselves like pigs, people are dying.
Monday, 31 December, 2001, 16:44 GMT
US bombing raid 'kills 100 Afghans'
US aircraft are reported to have bombed a village in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 100 residents.
If confirmed, the bombing of the village could prove to be a major embarrassment for the Americans.
BBC
Continue watching Babylon 5 (season 1~5+ movies)
I'd love to just sit there with my girlfriend and watch the entire Serial Experiments: Lain series and relax all day - I've been meaning to watch it all over again, and it does seem like the perfect day to get that done.
Also, sitting around all day playing the new Gamecube that's coming in for me would be really nice too.
However, I know other friends will be around most likely, and I'll end up running around and not get a chance to just sit on my ass all day. And, on top of that, the U.S. Postal Service probly won't get my Gamecube to me until Weds. Oh well. Maybe I'll get to see a little bit of the Honeymooners marathon that'll be on tomorrow. Have a happy new year everyone!
"My days are less enjoyable because of people." ~ Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
My 18 week training schedule begins Jan 01 with a 3-mile run and ends May 05 with 26.2 miles around beautiful Vancouver. Beats watching TV.
i got the godfather collection for christmas, going to watch the whole thing today
.cig - what you do after winning a good flame war
Every new years for the past three years have been a lan party for me, and they're great... i recommend it to everyone... quake/cs while drunk.!
-Shawn [ge6.org]
Recorded Simpsons (and what I have recorded of Futurama)
if common sense was common, wouldn't everyone have it?
twilight zone marathon - scifi
godzilla stompathon 2001 - scifi
in search of marathon - history channel
yea baby
yea
10 hours of the the Decalog from the man that brought you Blue, White, and Red aka Les Trois Coleurs...
If I don't end up going out, Boston's WSBK (channel 38) always runs an annual New Year's Eve Three Stooges marathon from 10pm to 2am that'll do me just fine.
Pr0n. It would have spanned the entire timeline and really put everything in perspective. Instead, i'll do it.
Number 1 search on new years day. Pr0n. Valentines day. Pr0n. Mothers day. Pr0n. Fathers day. Pr0n. Fourth of July. Pr0n. All summer. Pr0n. Haloween. Pr0n. Thanksgiving. Pr0n. Every holiday. Pr0n. That's only the important dates too!
Life is like pants... fit in or you don't fit in.
Since I have to work today - I'll be in the MTV studio all day. I guess its not a bad deal, really.
Sound waves should be free!
Rurouni Kenshin, duh. Just bought almost the entire series for my birthday today. Outside of the big LAN party at my house there will be much watching of Rurouni Kenshin!
Ride a bike, walk. Get away from your monitor/TV.
I have a hard time convincing people to watch it with me because it takes so much dedication, but I think "The Stand" is a great option for marathon TV.
That's all well and good if you have cable, but we've got broadcast TV.. Still get about 20 channels with the 14 foot antenna on the roof.
Might have to go outside tonight, though.. I hear that Saturn and Jupter are supposed to be really bright tonight.
I might not watch anything tonight. Besides, us here in the Central time zone always get shafted and are forced to pretend we had a new year by watching tape-delay video from New York..
I miss the TNT Godzillathons (and the clips they'd run over BOC before commercials), and especially the wretched "Hercathons" they would run around New Years--Edith Hamilton never told us about Hercules's trip to Peru (Hercules Versus the Sons of the Sun), now did she? :-)
Since the Turkey Day marathon is a thing of the past, I'm reviving it for new years....
Every season, every episode.
First season conveniently on DVD, all the rest on various VHS tapes.
:)
Mike
i am going to be fraging in t2 like i am every other night
new years eve is just another date on the calander
So let me get this straight: Taco is going to spend New Years sitting on his ass, doing nothing. How is this different from what Taco does during the rest of the year?
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I've got my Buffy DVDs all ready; Season 1 - 3 and then i'm going over the VHS for season 4 and 5! I could also watch Angel too...mmmm....Angle.
Ugly Bob
To Live Is To Die.
Don't forget the Cops marathon. Nothing like a big fat blunt and watching people getting busted.
I know it's the wrong holiday, but I miss the MST3K Turkey Day marathons of old. Guess I'll just dig out some of my favorite tapes and create my own.
TNT has traditionally done 24 hrs of Clint Eastwood over the hollidays for the past few years. The dates seem to change every year. 2 years in a row I watche d the entire marathon. My god, after seeing "2 mules for Sister Sara" twice in one sitting, with no coffee really made me have strange dreams that night.
Fuck Ajit Pai
If the wife lets me, I'll be watching the 2001 World Rally Championship marathon. Almost as good as videogames.
Tonight is the final countdown for the euro, so no TV allowed. It's an Y2K replay in Europe... ;-)
Me tink a lot of geeks are working like me tonight.
All was prepared, but the final switch has to be done tonight in some part of the financial industry.
But when it'll be done (2PM or something), I think we'll be drunk like everyone else.
Happy new year to all of you.
...is get dressed up, compliment my wonderful, gorgeous girlfriend on the fact that her low cut blue satin dress can turn my brain to butter, then go dancing into 2002.
Yeah, I know, I've probably pissed off about a thousand lonely TV-watching nerds with that sentence. But cut me some slack: I'm a slashdotter too; do you really think this sort of thing happens to me often enough that I can afford not to brag when it does?
...all the way! I have all five movies on DVD and we are gonna watch 'em all tonight.
Woohoo! Gotta finish tonight to postmark tomorrow :) Who needs TV? I have essays to write!
Actually, at the moment, I have just one application left, and it needs a couple new essays, but after that I get to go out and do...something, maybe.
Yes! That guy!
Basically I feel Kevin Smith has managed to make some of the funniest movies of all time and definantelly appeals to a ninche crowd. I personally own all the movies to date (Along with animated clerks, and a few View Askew comics), but I have yet to hit NJ to see the Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, where basically any View Askew fan woule be in heaven.
There are fun things to do in all the titles as well (besides drink that is),
1.) In every movie there is a reference to Star Wars
2.) In every movie there is a reference to hockey
3.) And in every movie Silent Bob talks at least once.
Basically an all around wholesome time. Of course I've already synced the clock on my computer so I will know the INSTANT it is new years ... so that oughta be fun too :-)
Happy New Years Everyone.
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
I'm planning on watching lots and lots of college football New Years Day.
:) (I'm still a little po'd seeing a big 12 team in the ROSE bowl, a bowl which normally takes the big10 and pac10 #1's).
Being at the University of Kansas, seeing as how our football team hasn't beaten Nebraska since '68 or '69 I always root against them, however I want them to beat Miami, so if Oregon wins we have co-champions and this will make the BCS look all jacked up. The coaches poll automatically puts BCS #1 which would be Nebraska if they won, at the top. The AP knows better and actually votes for the #1, which wouldn't be Nebraska.
Usually however around this time of year I watch, hoping to see Nebraska lose
Fuck Ajit Pai
New Jersey is a joke.
So are you.
Happy New Year, and at least I'm funny :-)
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
As a married man, I only somewhat agree.
I will stay in, get tipsy, put the kid to bed, then get laid.
Maybe even drunk, post 8pm baby bedtime. So I miss out on desperately searching for someone in a bar. Why should that disappoint me?
Later
Cuchullain
"If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is not rightly owned if it is not shared." -St. Augustine
A friend of mine is doing a Grateful Dead New Year's Eve shows marathon ('78, '77, '76, '74, et. al) ...
I'll be playing Best Jams from the String Cheese Incident, including their cover of Abbey Road from 12/31/99 ... got about sixteen hours' worth ready in the changer ...
They're like Phish, but not nearly as dorky ...
Last year we did Classic Jazz A-to-Z for twenty-two hours straight .... that was fun
"He who questions training trains himself at asking questions." - The Sphinx, Mystery Men (1999)
Speedvision is running the past year of WRC races from 8am to 3am new years day.
Mmmm Subaru....
Croc Hunter Drinking Game
Supplies:
- A lot of Smirnoff Ice
- Some friends ( inflatable ones if naught else )
- Crocodile Hunter Marathon on AP ( check local listings )
Rules (Everyone drinks when):- Someone gets bit.
- The phrase "Croikey!" is uttered.
- ( add your own! )
This should have you good and fuzzy by the time Midnight rolls around. But don't worry, you've got all day tomorrow to sleep it off!Happy New Year to all!
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Segmentation Fault ( core dumped )
Sci Fi is running a Twilight Zone Marathon, and Turner Classic Movies is running all 18 Marx Bros movies. Now I'm conflicted, and dont know which to watch!
Anyone here remember the V mini-series? There were two, the first one just called V, and then the second one called V, THe Final Battle. I got them all on video and together they are like 10 hours long. Think I have my marathon :) Now I just have to find some munchies :)
... pot's more fun than drinking, and you don't get a hangover.
...you lucky, lucky bastard. :-)
I'm the stranger...posting to
I'm inviting friends over to watch Das Boot (director's cut, three hours long with subtitles instead of crap dubbing) and Run Lola Run (chickflick, yeah, but the chick insisted.) When this gets old, it's dreamcast time! Crazy Taxi, the Quake 1 port, the Doom port, some old Mame roms, who knows. I know a gamepad isn't the best way to play an FPS, but trust me, the big screen makes up for it.
:-(.
And of course, plenty of food. No booze, though - none of us is older than 18
I'm the stranger...posting to
Happy New year, then, with good cheer, :)
but then I remembered where I was.
"Exercise the brain not the body" you say? Well, let's stick your head in a Futurama Jar and donate the rest of your body to the needy.
I'll be watching ALL the james bond movies back to back until the beer runs out or the DVD player dies. -Rich And There Was Much Rejoicing..
Hey, not my first choice, but you have to think of the wife at times like this. And who knows, it may be followed by an episode of "Sex in the Living Room" if i'm lucky...
Television marathons? On new year's? Mwaha, I laugh at the thought when I could be out celebrating with friends, going to great parties filled with beautiful women...
Ok, I'll be watching Transformers. Leave me alone!
I am BelDion's
Some of the most fun my son and I have had with these (yes, both geeks but he might not admit it yet): TBS was running a marathon Hercules movie bit, and they actually suggested in the ad turning off the sound and making up your own dialogue. It was a blast, so we did it with Dragnet too (picture Joe and Bill talking about how their prom date will be, and which one will be wearing a dress). Recommended with or without drinking, though usually the comments are wittier without the alcohol.
...is to have a lot of friends over here, drink and party for the last few hours of 2001 and then go out (even though it's FAR below freezing point) and watch the fireworks, giving everybody greetings and hugs as we pass into the next year.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
I've just done Cowboy Bebop, I would also recommend watching the entire Evangelion series.
Happy New year folks.
i think i will do a stanley kubrick movie marathon and smoke a ton of pot, woo hoo....
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, not just chemistry, reality!
I may not be going "out", but I'm still going to drink for 6 or 7 hours and get completely trashed with my friends.
Me, too! But then I will follow that up by driving home.
I hope I don't meet any of you by accident!
(Yes, I'm joking.)
(As far as you know. Lookout!)
"And like that
Duh, what day is it?
:)
today = star trek, tomorrow = Dune
Best of Trek starts at 11AM PT Today
The complete three season package. It's only on video (taped as I watched the first time) but better than no Sopranos.
How can you beat watching Pauly, Furio, and Christopher all working for Tony?
It's that or all five seasons of Babylon five.
Goran
Carpe Scrotum - The only way to deal with your competition.
I couldn't find one. He's probably got the DVD's.
Tivo did tell me that a local PBS station is starting the series again this week though. Your PBS may be different.
If Chaos Theory has taught us anything, it's that we must kill all the butterflies.
On right now, all day and all night...
"But remember, most lynch mobs aren't this nice." (H.Simpson)
-- Joe
Chug-boat.
Watch re-runs of Loveboat, and everyone pick a regular show character and whenever there is a full screen shot of the person they pick, you down a shot.
I usually picked the boat, since they usually only show it full screen two or three times.
It made it easier to pick-up on the single women at the party if I wasn't tanked and they were.
Goran
Carpe Scrotum - The only way to deal with your competition.
Well, since the wife works tonight (she opted to have xmas eve off) and the oldest of the 3 kids is 5, I'll be sitting at home just like any other night, drinking a few beers and playing some video games. It'll be a few more years before we can start going out for new years parties again. Not that I'm complaining, we've pretty much had our fill of blowout parties in the past. Maybe in a few we'll feel like doing that again.... who knows.
My wife's going to cook up some nice tenderloin filets we bought yesterday, and maybe some yellow rice. Followed by some ice cream, probably, or maybe I'll just skip the ice cream and go for some alcohol. (But I'm on call for work, so I can't get wasted, or go out.)
After that, maybe we'll sit back and mock some TV (Dick Clark's 1571th annual "Rockin'" New Years Eve), and see if we can see people getting mugged in Times Square when the ball drops. If not, there's always Everquest.
Oh yeah, and then I'll boink my wife. Hey, it's our first NYE together married.
Then tomorrow, I'll sit around the house and pray work doesn't call...
"Settle down, Beavis. We've got an experiment to do."
I plan on taking part in the typical teenage party where strip poker, truth or dare, and getting hammered takes place (and then there will be some spin the bottle for those kids that don't wanna do anything fun).
While at the party, the marathon of questions such as, "What have you done over your break?" and "How's your holiday break been?" will start to begin. When I answer, "Oh, nothing much, just been reading Slashdot.", those who I talk to will say "Oh..." an slowly begin to back away...
I'm going to sit back and watch the TV Guide channel to take in a taste of all channels. Why limit yourself to one stupid marathon?
Firstly, if you have to work, blow it off. ^_~ Gather foodstuffs and other provisions, break out the extra seating, make space for people to bring laptops, etc. Fire up the entertainment center and away we go....
1. (One of three choices, including: Hellsing, Tenchi Muyo!, and Serial Experiments: Lain)
2. FLCL
3. Cowboy Bebop
4. Unless the first one leaves you short on time, Strange Days (WITH the deleted scenes!)
Lots and lots of videogames are also hella fun and a bit more invloving, my party faves being Mario Kart 64, Tetrisphere (Hell yeah!), and Soul Calibur.
Start the New Year by playing 'Pink Floyd - Time' (Timed so the clocks chiming coincide with midnight)
I'd go on, but I'm up on Soul Calibur. ^_^
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
Screw TV or Regular parties...I'm hosting myself a nice kickin LAN party =)
Since I got the first 2 seasons on DVD for X-mas I'm going to have a bunch of friends over and we are all watching them back to back until we are done.
Americans could not be more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel. -Dennis Miller
It's an all out Tekken Tag war with friends and family this evening. People will be coming from far and wide (4 mile radius) to see who is the Tekken Tag Master of 2001 -- that is, the person with the last victory come midnight.
I don't know if we will be in, but ABC Family is showing the first 6 episodes of "Alias". Good time to jump in if you haven't watched.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
I've been watching the Magnum PI Marathon on A&E all day. It goes until 8 tonight!
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suwain_2
I recall Sci-Fi used to do Mystery Science Theatre 3000 marathons around Thanksgiving. I'd always be out of town during them, though.
I wish they'd ran a marathon of all owned episodes (Comedy Central included) one last time before shutting down the franchise for good.
#19845
Hmm, I was going out, but I did just recently finish taping the entire first season of Sailor Moon, except for the first two or three. (DIC dubs, but they're okay.) Been looking for a good time to watch them all in succession.
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
Gran Turismo 3: $45.00
Play Station 2: $299.00
Drink Driving without fear of death, imprisonment, or loss of property
Priceless
Dinner For One
while in the USA. Is there anyone who knows how to get it online? Can't get German TV here. So saaaaad!Anyone has a quicktime movie of it? Please post!
signed: a sad German immigrant.
I plan on trying to see LOTR:Fellowship as many times as possible while being massively hung over from the Guiness-a-thon followed by the Glen Mornagie-a-thon.
While my Athlon works on the Farscape downloadathon.
Friends and I are going to watch all three Back to the Future flicks. Intersparsed with "liquids" and food!
LOL, an anonymous coward, woohoo, you got the guts!
So where do you live and what's so freaking cool about it? Surely, the fact that you live there means the entire state gets modded down two points.
Direct tv has the twilight zone marathon going on. It's at times like these that I wish I had a space 100gigs and a way to live record mpg to it.
In Search Of!
Travel back to 1978 with Leonard Nimoy!
There is certainly more crappy television (by percentage) than crappy books (probably), but there is certainly some television that is better than a crappy book.
(Like say, Martha Stewart's latest written opus, which will tell you what to buy. Or the latest Howard Stern tome, which will tell you what to think, or a book by Pat Buchannon, which will tell you who to hate, or one of a gazillion romance novels which will expound on questionable ways (if not precisly whom) to love.)
When we abandon the oral tradition, I'm sure there was a self-satisfied elite who pooh-poohed the written word as crass and inferior. Whatever.
The world's a pretty interesting place. Take the good stuff wherever you can find it.
What were you expecting?
-"She's a beout'!"
-"Oh, its grumpy now!"
-Steve mentions his life is in danger.
:)
Boy, you are gonna be WASTED!
You can't take the sky from me...
Mash is the greatest show of all time. I know the 1st Season will be out on the 8th but why doesnt FX marathon it anymore on New Years?
Thank You, Adam Brown
I hear they're thinking of opening a Secret Stash in Shermer, IL.
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load "linux",8,1
The History Channel is having a marathon of 'In Search of...' I love this stuff.
I'm going to a hockey game that happens every year on this night. We (the Portland Winterhawks http://www.winterhawks.com ) always play our arch rivals, the Seattle Thunderbirds, and recently they've taken to broadcasting the home games for the winterhawks online. If you're web surfing, and want to see some excellent Major/Minor (WHL) hockey, feel free to stop by tonight (7:30 pm PST) and check out the webcast!
AMC did an Abbott and Costello marathon last New Year's Day. I wish they were doing it again this year.
"Love is a familiar; Love is a devil: there is no evil angel but Love." --William Shakespeare ('Love's Labors Lost')
12:00 A.M. Real Sex 18
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12:45 A.M. Erotic Confessions 01: Watching Vanessa
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1:50 A.M. Deal with sudden blindness; maybe shave hairy palms
Mindy: "Well...desserts aren't always right." Homer: "But they're so sweet!"
if your looking for an awesome anime marathon to watch, go for Kenshin. Its might just be the best anime I have ever seen, and I've seen many my friend.
I think I'll be making a marathon of reading through a bunch of my favourite online comics: MegaTokyo, Sinfest, Sluffy Freelance, Exploitation Now, and, of course, Penny Arcade.
The Best of Trek marathon was Boxing Day. Today's just the normal four-hour Star Trek block. (TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager daily).
- W. Blaine Dowler
http://www.bureau42.com
I'll be outside in my backyard, sitting on a lawnchair in the snow, watching the night sky... The Quadrantids meteor shower, (also called the New Year's Meteor shower) is going to be going on! Quadrantids tend to have a very sharp peak time, so the high rates also don't last long, only for a small number of hours. Because of this, it is a really hard shower to catch - you need to have night for those hours! If you can catch this shower though, it is very rewarding! This year, the peak time is about 18 hours UT, so North America is not favored for the peak itself,..(figures..) but I can still observe the rest of the shower. (it peaks on the 3rd, by the way.) So I'll be freezing my ass off, looking for some shooting stars (which I probably won't even catch) in 10 degree weather with some cheap coffee and a blanket. Yes, I'm probably an idiot for doing this... no, I don't care what you think. Astronomy rocks! Happy new years everyone...Ü
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Let's not forget that the greatest threat to Free Software, indeed to the entire computer industry as an open industry, is the entertainment industry, as represented by the RIAA, the MPAA, and others.
I don't watch much television anyway, but for New Years I'm making a point of leaving the damn thing off entirely. No movie rentals to put more money in the pockets of those who would like nothing more than to destroy my livlihood in order to protect their outdated cartel profit model. No TV period.
Indeed, the only DVD I've purchased since the DeCSS fiasco is Sporty's IFR course for (private) pilots, mainly because of its interactive test questionairs. At least that way my 3 year old, multi-regional player will get some use, and as I doubt very seriously Sporty's is a member of the MPAA I feel I can make the purchase in good conscience.
That having been said, I would encourage everyone to ignore slashdot's occasional promotion of Media Cartel Content (it still amazes me that the editors of slashdot either just don't get it, or just don't care), turn the TV off, go out, get drunk, maybe even meet a girl or two and wind up not sleeping alone. Remember, even if you're the quintissential nerd, she'll likely be too drunk to notice. Opportunity knocks.
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
There's a Dame Edna Experience marathon on TRIO in NYC (dunno where else gets that station). Sooo funny.
if the pats and the jets win next week. The pats get a first round bye. thats 2 playoff wins till the superbowl. It's gonna happen. This year will be called the Spirit of 02 just wait.
Posts like this remind me of how sad it is that drinking is still legal in this country. Alcohol is one of the worst drugs ever, it kills people in DWI accidents and also makes people beat other people (wives, children, dogs etc.) From what I hear you also wake up in the morning feeling terrible. Your new year's eve would be more productive if it were spent with a church group or something like that instead of a bottle of booze. Oh sure, it won't be as much drunken "fun" but at least you won't drop dead of liver cancer in 10 years.
(See you at -1 as soon as the binge-drinking moderators get a hold of this one, but the truth needs to be said, even if it cuts a little too close to home. Sorry, booze kiddies.)
12:05 Tuesday 11th December 2001
news.zdnet.co.uk
One third of office workers avoid sitting next to IT support at Christmas parties, according to research IT staff come bottom in the popularity stakes, with one third of office workers admitting that they would least like to sit next to their IT support colleagues at a Christmas party.
A survey by e-learning company NETg found that staff avoid social encounters with IT staff in case they "talk shop", or are too introverted.
Accountants emerged almost as unpopular, with 29 percent of their colleagues preferring not to sit next to them at a Christmas party. Personal assistants or receptionists secured the popularity vote, with 42 percent of colleagues choosing to sit with them in order to get gossip.
But as IT becomes increasingly central to all businesses, IT professionals face the challenge of becoming better communicators. "Although this survey has been carried out with the Christmas spirit it does highlight that IT staff face a challenge to change people's perceptions," said Nigel Howarth, vice president of marketing at NETg. "Staff who occupy roles that are traditionally people-facing were perceived as more friendly or easy to get on with, which is not necessarily a true reflection."
IT staff have traditionally been isolated in back offices, which has gained them the reputation of being unfriendly. But now that their roles have become more visible, the study indicates a need for IT support to improve their human interaction skills.
"Unfortunately much training provided for job roles like IT or accountancy currently tends to focus on the core job function and softer skills like communication or team building are seen as less critical," said Howarth.
I know I'll be watching a full day of World Rally Championship on Speedvision on New Year's Day.
You guys should check it out. 'Identifiable' (meaning full chassis, glass windows, etc.) cars, that you'd normally drive on streets, going over a hundred miles per hour over terrain that you'd hesitate to take your SUV. Mud, snow, gravel, sand. Its crazy.
Check it out.
-k
Just got the Hong Kong edition of the serie Macross with original musics and japanese cast voices... 5 DVD's
-slashed by Carl Macek in Robotech with stupid dubing and music bad enough to provoke suicide when you know how good the japaneses are, special note for that fuckin bitch of Reba West crying like a cat whose tail has been slapped in a door (dubbing Linn Minmay)
After that maybe the 26 episodes of Evangelion and the 2 movies will definetly end the day in a headache...
Please tell me I am not the only geek who will be OUT tonight. Couple of kegs, fully stocked bar, lots of people. This is how New Year's should be!
Speedvision is playing the entire season of the World Rally Championship tomorrow.
Search first, ask questions later.
Check it out if you need some real laughs.
I got Cowboy Bebop: The Perfect Sessions for christmas. Now it's time to make my ass-print in the couch.
Of course. The whole 7th season of TNG without commercials would me nice. It sucks how they don't show any Star Trek reruns on broadcast TV in St. Louis any more. Just enterprise, and it's on the saturday night death slot 2 weeks late, not to mention that it sucks and it's a disgrace to the Star Trek franchise.
Repeal the DMCA!
Gonna try and persuade the party into a Red Dwarf Marathon and see how far we get .. if they don't buy it then Anime prolly.
Happy New Years Everyone!
...goatse.cx
That dude SCARES THE HELL OUTA ME
How can a post about drinking on New Year's Eve be ranked "Informative"?
Man, we really are a bunch of nerds...
What I want to know is why a poll wasn't made out of this?
I wonder if my eyes will resist to much CRT rays.
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NETRUNNER
New York Marathon
Any mention of a feisty critter as "naughty."
I've got nowhere to go out, no-one to go out with, nothing to drink, and I haven't the slightest clue on how to get laid. What do you want me to do? Go to bed at 9pm?
I'll be working 10pm - 6am at a radio station! Pays the bills I suppose (well, helps to pay for my TiVo that'll I'll be getting next week - w00t!)
Cowboy Bebop, including the movie "Knockin' On Heaven's Door".
'Nuff said.
NYC running site
-- these are only opinions and they might not be mine.
woooohoooo baby!
Having a bunch of friends over, setting the makings for French Bread Pizza on the buffet, (Which also doubles as a salad bar), and working randomly through my Avengers videos. (Hard to choose between Kathy Gale and Emma Peel, so we'll let the dice do it.)
So if my plans don't materialize because I'm cheap, broke, and hate to drive (especially on New Years Eve), I'll dig up every episode of MST3K I have, and ring in the New Year with a John Carradine movie and a Jam Handy short.
If a corporation is a personhood, is owning stock slavery?
... which is midnight here in Sweden.
:)
That is the one I'll be watching.
...sell TBS Night Trax into syndication so that VH-1 Classic could run it nonstop, as originally aired, with some of the old commercials thrown in too. Then I would be happy.
My blog can kick your blog's ass
I went to Shermer, IL ... thinking I could get the connection on the fat dope business only to get off the bus and find out ... that there is NO FUCKING SHERMER ILLINOISE ....
Peace.
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
Although I wish I could be watching a Red Dwarf marathon I'll probably be watching either "The Prisoner" series from my box set or MTV2's "Beats per Minute" marathon with Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Crystal Method, Grandmaster Flash, and Sasha and Digweed. I don't know if there are any other Slashdotters into techno, but if you are, and you're in the US with MTV2, check it out.
sig me a sog
48 VHS Tapes, 6 hrs per tape... I'll be busy for the next few weeks.
The lame ass Dems better pass that economic stimulus package and help their constituents go back to work instead of playing these political games. I got a quite unexpected pink slip today to ring in the "New Year" with and my wife and four kids are used to having a roof over their heads and food to eat. I know that's not as important as the Dems jockying for power, trying to take back the Congress. However, I don't want or need them to create anymore social programs, I want to go back to work.
Right now I'm at a friends house playing network Quake and starcraft with 5 peeps. COuldn't Imagine a better New Years Eve.
You all hava good one k?
Lets hope this coming year has more good tech, sci-game-anime stuff, and other good geeky things.
Happy New Year!!!!!
c-bob
We seldom regret saying too little but often regret saying too much.
Do video gamemarathons count? mmm... 4 player Super Smash Brothers Melee games... mmm... friend might bring over some Simpsons...
Faye Faye!
Cowboy Bebop is going to be parked in my DVD player all night, too bad I have to get up every 4 or 5 episodes to change the disc.
I got an import of the Cowboy Bebop Movie too, so I'm only going to let myself see it if I can say awake through all 8+ hours of the 26 Episodes!
i'll be watching all 5 original Planet Of The Apes movies!! ha!! at midnight exactly i'm going to run outside and write my name in the street, giggling like a madman! when my brain is satisfactorily liquified, i'm going to watch the ULTIMATE CHEESY MOVIE (TM) - Space Truckers with Dennis Hopper!! it only has one funny part, but it completely makes up for the rest of the movie!! BWAH-HA-HA-HAA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Dammit, I meant to post that anonymously!
Then, I'll jerk off using every dildo I own. Pictures available upon request.
You should try sodomy before saying it is not your cup of tea.
Since there does not appear to be anything good on TV tonight (no real marathons for me, and I don't have Sci-Fi), I will be catching up on some work on a site I maintain, doing some research, and doing a bit of programming in Java and Perl.
Since I have had my Star Wars, Babylon 5, Buffy and Dark Angel marathons (one of each weekend before christmas :D ) I have been doing a few days of marathon reading. First I read through all books published by David Eddings then Terry Pratchett then Anne McCaffrey and finishing friday with Julian May. Then all of Saturday (and most of Sunday) went to roleplaying with the buddies for hours on end and tomorrow I expect to go through the entire Hobbit and Lord of the Rings before I am back at work Wednesday. Man on top of Christmas and New Years partying vacationing is a job of work :)
C-ya
The Icebear
A person is smart, people are deeply stupid
There is 6 planet of the apes now, I've seen all 5 of them at once, but now I'll have to have a longer Planet of The APes Marathon
To keep this on topic, I guess I'll end up watching the Alias marathon for the few episodes that there are, then switch between TZ, TNG, and X-files.
extreme hardcore powerchilling (tm)"
We do that in Canada as well, but it doesn't take drugs. It is ~-20 (celcius) right now in Calgary. I inadvertantly powerchill in transit between my apartment building and the cab on the street.
Having a toddler puts a crimp in one's marathon parties.
But we used to, back in our bachelor days, rent movies and do the marathon thing. It was important, though, to get movies that served as "wallpaper"... nobody seriously watched them much, since there were always games going on (remember when Car Wars was fun?)
So we ended up with things like Cannonball Run marathons, Back to the Future marathons, "lite" things like that. Go figure.
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Well, I'm not going to watch it all - my tivo will. First 10 episodes, at least get me half caught up.
on sci-fi...
The entire 4th Season...the girlfriend is Very Happy....now how do iI transfer it off my Tivo to hers?
Hmm, it seems that Slashdot is doing a Year-End story-ing marathon. Hmm... the title of this makes it sound like a car dealership though... "Come on down to your local OSDN site to take advantage of the Slashdot Year-End Story Posting Marathon, the least karma you've EVER gotten for your stories!!" Ok, mod me down now. --jw
The single best part of a new year is that Speedvision plays _all_ of their WRC (World Rally Championship) coverage on Jan 01. What a wonderful break from all of what is usually covered (especially in the Southern US)- circle track NASCAR. Regrettably, the Fox network has bought Speedvision and they will start to play much more NASCAR this year...
Then, when it's time for the 2-month-old to get fed at 0400 (CST), I have something to do to keep my peepers open.
We're in the midst of a marathon session of the entire Evangelion series, including all the eps and movies. Hopefully enough of my brain will remain to be able to celebrate the coming of 2002.
I have a girlfriend whose name doesn't end in
I think it's time to give my friends and family a forced feeding of some classic staples of anime, now that the Robotech Macross Saga DVDs are out.
Since they don't 'get it', they'll probably end up wishing it was a forced feeding of, well, 'regular' staples.
Washington, DC: It's like Hollywood for ugly people.
This didn't get enough attention. TNN is showing many of the best episodes of baywatch with my favorite Pamela Anderson. All Pam All Day is a dream come true.
Last year, it was Monty Python videos. Life of Brian, Holy Grail, Meaning of Life, fun episodes ("Funniest joke in the world"). It'll be Lord of the Rings in a few years.
Cheers! Happy new year!
.sig: Open Source, Open Mind
I've rung in the new year (at home) and now it's off to work. I sell electronics in a well-known US office supply/electronics store. So if you need staples, printer ink, or a new chair for your computer, we'll be here. All day. Of course, no one in their right mind goes shopping for office supplies on a holiday, so we'll be here all alone.
Enjoy your TV, everyone!
last night, we watched back-to-back, in chronological order, every Kevin Smith film, including the Clerks cartoons and his early shit like 'drawing flies'.
Oops!
We watched a jackass marathon on MTV Holland.
Ten episodes and the gumball 300 special at the end !!
-"Ee's a cute one, ain't ee?"
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
I know, I'm a coward but it's after new year's and i'm still watching the marathon of Alias episodes I recorded. The rest of the night was spent watching James Bond do his thing, Roger Moore is so funny.